Abstract
Although hypointellectuals have long
been a part of our cultural landscape,
it is in post-conflict societies, such
as those in Bosnia and Kosovo, that
there has arisen a strong need for a
different breed of intellectual, one
who is more than simply a social critic,
an educator, a person of action, and
a compassionate individual. Enter the
non-partisan intellectual—the hyperintellectual.
It is the hyperintellectual,
whose non-partisanship is
manifested through a reciprocating
critique and defense of both the nationalist
enterprise and strong interventionism
of the International
Community, who strives to create a
climate of understanding and to enlarge
the moral space so as to reduce
the divisiveness between opposing
parties. It is in this way that the hyperintellectual
acts as a catalyst for
the creation of a democratic culture
within the civil societies of Bosnia
and Kosovo.